South Korea extends COVID-19 restrictions for another month
Southeast Asian country reports over 1,300 more cases, 6 related deaths in past 24 hours
Southeast Asian country reports over 1,300 more cases, 6 related deaths in past 24 hours
‘Edible transgenic tomato vaccine’ to produce antibodies against virus, say scientists.
Cuban, Vietnamese leaders hold phone call, discuss bilateral relations.
Taiwan rolls out home grown COVID-19 vaccine developed by Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp. in Taipei, Taiwan, on August 23, 2021.
‘This will further boost our nation’s collective fight against COVID19,’ says health minister
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a video conference series with ASEAN-related bureaucrats between 2-6 August 2021. The schedule of the meetings was quite crowded.
On 29 July 2021, Mr. Evan Jones, Chargé d’affaires, together with H.E. Mr. Mark Gooding, Ambassador-Designate of the United Kingdom to Thailand delivered a Note Verbale to H.E. Mr. Don Pramudwinai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, stating that the Government of the United Kingdom will grant 415,040 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to Thailand, as part of UK’s assistance to friends in the region who are facing challenges in the vaccine roll-out.
Under normal circumstances, country is set to serve 210M shots of COVID-19 vaccines, says health minister
The Philippines championed a cooperative, transparent, science-based, and coordinated regional and global response for equitable access to vaccines at the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Seminar on Upholding Multilateralism held last 13 July 2021 via videoconference.
Loan will fund 44.7M doses to be administered to 20M people by 2024.